Bird List - NatureScape Tours

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Impressive Mayan ruins—Chichen Itza’s magnificent El Castillo pyramid and Tulum atop
its oceanfront perch—natural beauty & colorful birds are a few of the Yucatan’s attractions.
Great Tinamou
Least Grebe
Little Tinamou
Pied-billed Grebe
Thicket Tinamou
Eared Grebe
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
American Flamingo
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-tailed Tropicbird
Muscovy Duck
Jabiru
Wood Duck
Wood Stork
Gadwall
Magnificent Frigatebird
Mallard
Brown Booby
Blue-winged Teal
Neotropic Cormorant
Northern Shoveler
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Pintail
Anhinga
Green-winged Teal
American White Pelican
Ring-necked Duck
Brown Pelican
Lesser Scaup
Pinnated Bittern
Bufflehead
American Bittern
Red-breasted Merganser
Least Bittern
Ruddy Duck
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Plain Chachalaca
Great Blue Heron
Crested Guan
Great Egret
Great Curassow
Snowy Egret
Black-throated Bobwhite
Little Blue Heron
Spotted Wood-Quail
Tricolored Heron
Singing Quail
Reddish Egret
Ocellated Turkey
Cattle Egret
An artist’s
palette of color
shimmers on a
male Ocellated
Turkey. Just
as showy are
Northern
Yucatan’s
breeding colony of American
Flamingos.
Herons, egrets &
waterbirds abound
in the mangroves &
wetlands of the Yucatan. It may be difficult to believe, but
Boat-billed Herons
sound even more
bizarre than they
look!
Green Heron
Agami Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
King Vulture
Osprey
Gray-headed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Black-collared Hawk
Northern Harrier
The delicate markings of an adult Barethroated Tiger-Heron
bring an understated
beauty to this colorful heron.
Cooper’s Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
White Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Raptors are well
represented across
the Yucatan Peninsula with each habitat
niche having its own
specialties. Here are
a few of my favorites:
a male Hook-billed
Kite soaring low over
our heads; the secretive, yet colorful,
Black-collared Hawk
watches us from his
hidden perch; and,
following page, an
elegantly patterned
Laughing Falcon.
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Barred Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Crake
Clapper Rail
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Sora
Spotted Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Caribbean Coot
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-bellied Plover
Collared Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Northern Jacana
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Rare birds are always a treat to find.
Two specialties of
the ‘Birding the
Land of the Maya’
tour are: at Coba,
an adult
Spotted Rail shows
off its stunning
plumage; coastal
mangroves hold one
of region’s secretive
rails—the charming Rufous-necked
Wood-Rail.
Herring Gull
Caribbean Dove
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Kelp Gull
Olive-throated Parakeet
Brown Noddy
Brown-hooded Parrot
Sooty Tern
White-crowned Parrot
Bridled Tern
White-fronted Parrot
Least Tern
Yellow-lored Parrot
Gull-billed Tern
Red-lored Parrot
Caspian Tern
Mealy Parrot
Black Tern
Yellow-headed Parrot
Roseate Tern
Squirrel Cuckoo
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Forster’s Tern
Mangrove Cuckoo
Royal Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sandwich Tern
Striped Cuckoo
Black Skimmer
Pheasant Cuckoo
Rock Pigeon
Lesser Roadrunner
Pale-vented Pigeon
Smooth-billed Ani
Scaled Pigeon
Groove-billed Ani
White-crowned Pigeon
Barn Owl
Red-billed Pigeon
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Short-billed Pigeon
Great Horned Owl
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
African Collared-Dove
Mottled Owl
White-winged Dove
Lesser Nighthawk
Zenaida Dove
Common Nighthawk
Mourning Dove
Common Pauraque
Common Ground-Dove
Yucatan Poorwill
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
Yucatan Nightjar
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Northern Potoo
Blue Ground-Dove
White-collared Swift
White-tipped Dove
Chimney Swift
Gray-headed Dove
Vaux’s Swift
After dark outings are always an adventure, one never really knows what might be encountered. The Yucatan Peninsula has a number of interesting nightbirds, a couple of owls and
two endemic nightjars. A typical night’s birding might find (left to right): Vermiculated
(Guatemalan) Screech-Owl, Mottled Owl and Yucatan Poorwill.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
White-necked Jacobin
Stripe-throated Hermit
Green-breasted Mango
Mexican Sheartail
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Cozumel Emerald
Canivet’s Emerald
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
White-bellied Emerald
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Collared Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
White-necked Puffbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Emerald Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Yucatan Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Plain Xenops
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
No. Barred-Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Mexican (Black-faced) Antthrush
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Caribbean Elaenia
Humid forests produce a
number of tropical bird families,
without being overwhelming—
conditions that make our
Yucatan tour a perfect introduction to tropical birding!
Clockwise from above/left:
toucans—colorful Collared
Araçari; woodcreepers—ant
swarm following Ruddy
Woodcreeper; ground antbirds—
secretive Mexican (Black-faced)
Antthrush; motmots—dapper
Blue-crowned Motmot.
An odd flycatcher to be sure, Bright-rumped Attila is more often heard than seen. The Yucatan is home to a number of endemic birds, here are three named for the region:
understated Yucatan Vireo, richly colored Cozumel Vireo and flashy Yucatan Jay.
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Eastern Kingbird
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
White-collared Manakin
Northern Bentbill
Red-capped Manakin
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Black-crowned Tityra
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Masked Tityra
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Gray-collared Becard
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Rose-throated Becard
Royal Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Mangrove Vireo
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Cozumel Vireo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blue-headed Vireo
Tropical Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Acadian Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Alder Flycatcher
Yellow-green Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Yucatan Vireo
White-throated Flycatcher
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Least Flycatcher
Lesser Greenlet
Eastern Phoebe
Green Shrike-Vireo
Vermilion Flycatcher
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Bright-rumped Attila
Brown Jay
Rufous Mourner
Green Jay
Yucatan Flycatcher
Yucatan Jay
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Horned Lark
Great Crested Flycatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Ridgeway’s (Northern) Rough-winged Swallow
Great Kiskadee
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Social Flycatcher
Gray-breasted Martin
Streaked Flycatcher
Tree Swallow
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Mangrove Swallow
Piratic Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Tropical Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Couch’s Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Endemic to the
Yucatan Peninsula, Black
Catbird is easily found on
Cozumel Island
and in coastal
thickets on the
mainland.
Cave Swallow
Band-backed Wren
Yucatan Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
White-browed (Carolina) Wren
“Southern” House Wren
“Cozumel” House Wren
Sedge Wren
White-bellied Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Long-billed Gnatwren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
White-throated Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Black Catbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Cozumel Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson’s Warbler
Gray-crowned
Yellowthroat
can be found
in grassy
thickets
throughout
the Yucatan.
This one
was outside
our hotel in
Coba.
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bananaquit
Gray-headed Tanager
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Western Spindalis
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Blue-black Grassquit
Tropical forests often hold surprisingly colorful birds, the Yucatan is no different: a common attendee at ant swarms, a male Red-throated Ant-Tanager hunts for his next meal;
found in moist forests of the south, this male Black-faced Grosbeak enjoys a few ripe berries for breakfast; one of the flashier Yucatan specialties, a male Gray-throated Chat.
White-collared Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Olive Sparrow
Green-backed Sparrow
Botteri’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Rose-throated Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Gray-throated Chat
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Orange Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow-billed Cacique
Montezuma Oropendola
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Tricolored Munia
Just to prove
that you are
in the tropics,
Black-mantled
Howler Monkeys
can be heard—
and sometimes
seen—in the
humid forests
of the region.
An auditory and
visual highlight!